Affiliated Researchers: Fungi

Juliana Vasco-Correa

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Anaerobic Digestion, Fungi, Biomass, Organic Fertilizer, Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Laura Weyrich

Associate Professor, Anthropology
Top research keywords: Microbiota, Ancient DNA, Soil, Microbiome, DNA

Ashley Shay

Assistant Research Professor, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Top research keywords: Selenoproteins, Macrophages, Selenium, Inflammation, Protectin D1

David Hughes

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Ants, Formicidae, Ant, Ophiocordyceps, Parasites

Jason Kaye

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Soil, Cover Crop, Nitrogen, Pinus Ponderosa

Surinder Chopra

Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Sorghum, Corn, Sorghum (Poaceae), Alleles

Jacqueline McLaughlin

Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Top research keywords: College Students, Biology, Students, Biological Sciences, Teachers

David M. Geiser

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Fungi, Phylogeny, Phylogenetics, Species Complex

Mary Ann Bruns

Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Soil, Manure, Dairy Manure, Odorants, Bacterium

Jared Ali

Associate Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Herbivores, Herbivore, Herbivory, Nematode, Entomopathogenic Nematodes

Seogchan Kang

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Magnaporthe, Fungi, Verticillium, Oryza

Ruairidh Sawers

Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Zea Mays, Corn, Zea Mays Subsp. Mays, Fungi, Maize

Benay Gürsoy Toykoç

Assistant Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Fabrication, Composite Materials, Clay, 3D Printers, Robotics

Ming Tien

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Phanerochaete, Lignin Peroxidase, Manganese Peroxidase, Peroxidase, Lignin

Louis Bengyella

Assistant Research Professor, Plant Science
Top research keywords: Ascomycota, Solanum Tuberosum, Bambusa, Fungal Spores, Germination

Gretchen A. Kuldau

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Fusarium, Fusarium Verticillioides, Corn, Mycotoxins, Zea Mays

Beth Gugino

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Phytophthora Infestans, Fungicides, Northeastern United States, Soil Quality, Green Beans

Mary Barbercheck

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Cover Crops, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Tillage, Soil, Corn

Robert Beelman

Professor Emeritus of Food Science; Director, Center for Plant and Mushroom Foods for Health
Top research keywords: Nutritional and medicinal properties of mushrooms, Antioxidants-selenium and ergothioneine, Vitamin D-enrichment of mushrooms

John Tooker

Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Insect, Herbivores, Insecta, Gall, Herbivory

Donald Davis

Professor, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
Top research keywords: Ozone, Ailanthus Altissima, Ailanthus, Oak, Prunus Avium

Josephine Wee

Assistant Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Aflatoxins, Aspergillus, Aflatoxin, Secondary Metabolism, Oxidative Stress

Andrew Read

Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology, Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, Biology
Top research keywords: Malaria, Parasites, Parasite, Plasmodium Chabaudi, Culicidae